by blundun | Mar 2, 2025 | Politics
Gov. JB Pritzker and 16 Illinois Democrats sent a letter to the White House Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought on Tuesday demanding the Trump administration release $1.88 billion in federal funding to Illinois. Chair of the Illinois Republican...
by blundun | Mar 2, 2025 | Politics
Secretary of State Marco Rubio pushed back on critics of President Donald Trump’s approach to ending the war in Ukraine on Sunday, saying the president is a “peacemaker.”Rubio made the comments during an appearance on ABC News’ “This...
by blundun | Mar 2, 2025 | Politics
More than 50 school districts in Maine have policies that allow minors to hide their gender identity from their parents, according to a new watchdog report. Parents Defending Education (PDE), a grassroots organization tracking gender ideologies in schools across the...
by blundun | Mar 2, 2025 | Politics
California Gov. Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency on Saturday in a bid to fast-track wildfire prevention projects.Newsom announced the move after President Donald Trump blasted the governor’s handling of previous wildfire disasters. The order suspends...
by blundun | Mar 2, 2025 | Politics
President Donald Trump will address a Joint Session of Congress on Tuesday, March 4 at 9 p.m. ET.The forum is not officially a State of the Union address, which traditionally comes during the second, third and fourth year of a presidency.House Speaker Mike Johnson,...
by blundun | Mar 2, 2025 | Politics
The Supreme Court may soon weigh in on whether people younger than 21 have the right to buy handguns, a decision that could upend decades-old federal restrictions and reshape the nation’s gun laws.In January, the right-leaning Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, based in...